Taking Online Experience Into Live Action

[LaserCats]

Very nice reply LaserCats. Thank you for your perspective and opinion. You're right about one thing for sure. My area isn't so bad to play if you have any kinda real tourney strategy that works. Each week there are new faces that donk and get in a hurry the first 30 minutes of action. Generally, within 1 hour the 40 to 50 player tourneys here are down to two tables, and then it's a different game than the donkey period. But, as you say, even the worse donks are lucky enough sometimes to stay in till the final table, where you have to be more careful than the first 80% of the time. If I could build my tourney route to add 4 more tourneys, I could avoid the cash tables and grind out a better living. I have never played a tourney with more than a $200 buy in and about 70 players. That's a high rolling game around here. I hope to play something much larger and deeper in the near future.

I've known a few guys that tried the vegas thing only to realize its a bitch. But, you have to get in a few big tourneys and get really lucky at least once - that equals $80k to $100k win. That way you actually have living expenses and can play looser to get peeps off their 60% hands. If you cant do that your doomed. That's the diff tween pro and amateur - winning hands where the hands up in the air 60/40.

Good luck man! build it slow then take a few shots at the big time with 30% of the BR you built. Keep rebuilding that 30% back up and taking more shots. IF you don't win big in a year - maybe two. hang it up.

I cant play live - only play 2 hour tourneys and SNG - but have a soft game here or there on line that supports my $200 cash outs and now Im taking shots at $10 entry tourneys - just a matter of time b4 I cash a $300 to $1k win. Then I'll cash out $500 and play $20 buy ins etc. If I lose my day job I might go fro broke more in $50 tourneys and not cash out for a while til I needed it LOLOOLOLOL